Edit: if you're reading this, we're still open. Please read what we've written so far to get a feel for the story. If the ideas and tone look like something that interests you, read the rest of this post. Thank you!
Hi there! I am Zapdos and I write on this website here and there. I’m currently GMing a roleplay about Superheroes, but I still want to write more than I am now, so I made this! If you're here from the IC, you can skip down to the section titled "New Information" and read from there.
The writing style of this is a little different than a traditional roleplay on this site. Normally, each person will roleplay a character and they will interact within a setting guided by the GM. In this, all the writers take turn writing the story. Each poster will take turns writing; in the end what will result is cohesive and interesting story. All of the characters, settings and plot are made by all of the writers, each one building upon the work of the people who wrote before them. Here is a short example (obviously the posts would be longer in the actual story):
Poster A:
"Frank was walking down the street on his way to work. It was his last day on the job; he was proud of his 43 years at the Wonderful Wheel Company, but he was looking forward to retirement. He arrived at the old factory, same as ever, except he was surprised to see..."
Poster B:
"that it was decorated with banners! The old factory worker saw banners, balloons and homemade posters celebrating his last day and wishing him well. A hint of a smile showed on the man's face. But the biggest surprise was when he walked into the place..."
Poster C:
"a huge array of tires spelling out "BEST WISHES FRANK" right on the factory floor! What was previously a hint evolved into a full-on grin; the man never expected his coworkers to go through all this trouble. Honestly, he thought they didn't even like him. However..."
And so on. Again, this would be longer if we were actually writing. I'm not looking for big essays here; just at least two or three quality paragraphs per post. If you want to and it makes sense to write longer, cool, but it isn’t necessary. A few advantages of writing this way include:
-If someone loses interest or gets busy with life, the whole story won't grind to a halt.
-Multiple authors can provide multiple perspectives, fleshing out characters in a way one person wouldn’t do and making the story more interesting
-Writing with other people is (at least for me) a good motivator to push yourself to improve your writing. I’ve learned a lot just by reading other people’s work
New Information:
I thought of an idea, and after talking about it with a few people who gave their approval, I decided it would be a good starting point for the story. You can read it below:
The main character wakes up in a small port town in a fantasy setting, with no idea who he is or why he is there. All he has on him are the clothes on his back and a key. He knows the key is important, but remembers nothing besides that. What will he do next?
Of course, I will expand upon this in the first post I make for the story; this is just a good starting point.
Also, here are some rules that will make this more fun for everyone. I'm not looking to micromanage all of you here and if you've ever been in one of my RPs before, this should look familiar.
-We use a Discord server for communication. When your "application" is accepted, I will send you a link to it. You don't need to be online all the time, but it is a great way to get to know the other writers and communicate ideas with them, so I am requiring that you at least join the server.
-This story is in a typical medieval/magical fantasy setting. While we as a group haven't really defined much of the specifics of this, that does mean that someone isn't coming out of a portal from the future shooting lasers from their spaceship.
-Your posts should be consistent with what other people have written. If it has been established that the protagonist’s best friend has been his friend for 30 years, the next post shouldn’t be that person killing the protagonist. Plot twists can be done in an interesting way, of course, just use common sense. If it’s something big, please discuss it with the group first.
-No smut, extremely graphic torture, or gore please. A common-sense PG-13 rating is what I’m going for. If people have sex or something, fade to black. I’m not looking to write an episode of Teletubbies, just use common sense.
-No politics please. This isn’t even taking place on Earth, plus politics is dreary and based on my experience nobody is going to convince anyone else of their views anyway.
-This is an original story; keep people from the real world and pre-existing IP out of this please. George Washington shouldn’t save the day by riding in on a Transformer.
-Writing will take place here on RP Guild.
-Please use proper spelling and grammar. I’m not the grammar police, but it makes writing look so much nicer.
-I'm not looking for big essays here; just two or three quality paragraphs per post. If you want to write longer, cool, but don’t monopolize the story.
-This story will be written by and contributed to by everyone who writes. That being said, please don’t monopolize it. For example: if the story is of a brave knight slaying a dragon and Poster 1 makes a post about the knight starting his journey, the next post shouldn’t be a huge thing involving the knight slaying the dragon, marrying the Princess and becoming king of the realm. As the GM, I will probably set the direction and thus build on the structure of the story more than others, but that is from the perspective of running the game, not running the story.
-I am not a mind reader and I am not perfect. If there's an issue, please let me know!
-Use common sense. I can’t think of every possible scenario here. And if you’re in doubt, please ask a question about it.
-Most importantly: have fun!
Posting Order:
We will decide on posting order by discussion on the Discord server. I will write the first post, but after that it’s up to you guys. After the first post, the next writer will have 48 hours to make their post or say something. E.g if you know you're going to be busy the next two days, but want to write something on the third day, just let us know. As long as everyone is informed (and we aren't waiting like two weeks for your post), it's a fairly flexible process. The writer after that will have 48 hours from when the previous writer posted for the same thing, and so on. Of course, you can post earlier than that.
“Application”:
Since we’re not making character sheets like in most roleplays, the application will simply be a writing sample. At least 2-3 good paragraphs displaying how you write. You can take it from a roleplay you are or were in, a personal story you are writing, or whatever else you can think of that makes sense in this context. Just keep it PG-13 like this story please. I would not be surprised if you all are better writers than I am; I just want to see that you are capable of writing well enough to contribute to the story. E.g. good spelling and grammar, writing that makes sense, etc. I’m not looking to be a control freak here. If you’ve read all of this post and want to join, please write the phrase “Electric Pokemon” somewhere in your post with the writing sample. (It doesn't have to be in the writing sample though :P)
I look forward to writing with all of you and hope you enjoy the experience!
Hi there! I am Zapdos and I write on this website here and there. I’m currently GMing a roleplay about Superheroes, but I still want to write more than I am now, so I made this! If you're here from the IC, you can skip down to the section titled "New Information" and read from there.
The writing style of this is a little different than a traditional roleplay on this site. Normally, each person will roleplay a character and they will interact within a setting guided by the GM. In this, all the writers take turn writing the story. Each poster will take turns writing; in the end what will result is cohesive and interesting story. All of the characters, settings and plot are made by all of the writers, each one building upon the work of the people who wrote before them. Here is a short example (obviously the posts would be longer in the actual story):
Poster A:
"Frank was walking down the street on his way to work. It was his last day on the job; he was proud of his 43 years at the Wonderful Wheel Company, but he was looking forward to retirement. He arrived at the old factory, same as ever, except he was surprised to see..."
Poster B:
"that it was decorated with banners! The old factory worker saw banners, balloons and homemade posters celebrating his last day and wishing him well. A hint of a smile showed on the man's face. But the biggest surprise was when he walked into the place..."
Poster C:
"a huge array of tires spelling out "BEST WISHES FRANK" right on the factory floor! What was previously a hint evolved into a full-on grin; the man never expected his coworkers to go through all this trouble. Honestly, he thought they didn't even like him. However..."
And so on. Again, this would be longer if we were actually writing. I'm not looking for big essays here; just at least two or three quality paragraphs per post. If you want to and it makes sense to write longer, cool, but it isn’t necessary. A few advantages of writing this way include:
-If someone loses interest or gets busy with life, the whole story won't grind to a halt.
-Multiple authors can provide multiple perspectives, fleshing out characters in a way one person wouldn’t do and making the story more interesting
-Writing with other people is (at least for me) a good motivator to push yourself to improve your writing. I’ve learned a lot just by reading other people’s work
New Information:
I thought of an idea, and after talking about it with a few people who gave their approval, I decided it would be a good starting point for the story. You can read it below:
The main character wakes up in a small port town in a fantasy setting, with no idea who he is or why he is there. All he has on him are the clothes on his back and a key. He knows the key is important, but remembers nothing besides that. What will he do next?
Of course, I will expand upon this in the first post I make for the story; this is just a good starting point.
Also, here are some rules that will make this more fun for everyone. I'm not looking to micromanage all of you here and if you've ever been in one of my RPs before, this should look familiar.
-We use a Discord server for communication. When your "application" is accepted, I will send you a link to it. You don't need to be online all the time, but it is a great way to get to know the other writers and communicate ideas with them, so I am requiring that you at least join the server.
-This story is in a typical medieval/magical fantasy setting. While we as a group haven't really defined much of the specifics of this, that does mean that someone isn't coming out of a portal from the future shooting lasers from their spaceship.
-Your posts should be consistent with what other people have written. If it has been established that the protagonist’s best friend has been his friend for 30 years, the next post shouldn’t be that person killing the protagonist. Plot twists can be done in an interesting way, of course, just use common sense. If it’s something big, please discuss it with the group first.
-No smut, extremely graphic torture, or gore please. A common-sense PG-13 rating is what I’m going for. If people have sex or something, fade to black. I’m not looking to write an episode of Teletubbies, just use common sense.
-No politics please. This isn’t even taking place on Earth, plus politics is dreary and based on my experience nobody is going to convince anyone else of their views anyway.
-This is an original story; keep people from the real world and pre-existing IP out of this please. George Washington shouldn’t save the day by riding in on a Transformer.
-Writing will take place here on RP Guild.
-Please use proper spelling and grammar. I’m not the grammar police, but it makes writing look so much nicer.
-I'm not looking for big essays here; just two or three quality paragraphs per post. If you want to write longer, cool, but don’t monopolize the story.
-This story will be written by and contributed to by everyone who writes. That being said, please don’t monopolize it. For example: if the story is of a brave knight slaying a dragon and Poster 1 makes a post about the knight starting his journey, the next post shouldn’t be a huge thing involving the knight slaying the dragon, marrying the Princess and becoming king of the realm. As the GM, I will probably set the direction and thus build on the structure of the story more than others, but that is from the perspective of running the game, not running the story.
-I am not a mind reader and I am not perfect. If there's an issue, please let me know!
-Use common sense. I can’t think of every possible scenario here. And if you’re in doubt, please ask a question about it.
-Most importantly: have fun!
Posting Order:
We will decide on posting order by discussion on the Discord server. I will write the first post, but after that it’s up to you guys. After the first post, the next writer will have 48 hours to make their post or say something. E.g if you know you're going to be busy the next two days, but want to write something on the third day, just let us know. As long as everyone is informed (and we aren't waiting like two weeks for your post), it's a fairly flexible process. The writer after that will have 48 hours from when the previous writer posted for the same thing, and so on. Of course, you can post earlier than that.
“Application”:
Since we’re not making character sheets like in most roleplays, the application will simply be a writing sample. At least 2-3 good paragraphs displaying how you write. You can take it from a roleplay you are or were in, a personal story you are writing, or whatever else you can think of that makes sense in this context. Just keep it PG-13 like this story please. I would not be surprised if you all are better writers than I am; I just want to see that you are capable of writing well enough to contribute to the story. E.g. good spelling and grammar, writing that makes sense, etc. I’m not looking to be a control freak here. If you’ve read all of this post and want to join, please write the phrase “Electric Pokemon” somewhere in your post with the writing sample. (It doesn't have to be in the writing sample though :P)
I look forward to writing with all of you and hope you enjoy the experience!
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